Posts Tagged ‘extension’
Obama pushes payroll tax cut extension (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the payroll tax holiday, and he’s asking them to tell members of Congress to keep the tax cut in place.
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Next moves unclear on payroll tax cut extension (AP)
AP – Senate defeat of competing Democratic and Republican plans to extend a cut in the Social Security payroll tax has punted the issue to the House, where GOP leaders are facing ideological divisions within the party over whether to pass the tax holiday.
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In NH, Obama pushes for payroll tax cut extension (AP)
AP – Confronting Republicans, President Barack Obama on Tuesday dashed into the home of the nation’s first presidential primary, urging GOP lawmakers to support a payroll tax cut next week and stand by their own pledges not to increase taxes.
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In NH, Obama to push for payroll tax cut extension (AP)
AP – Targeting Republicans in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail, President Barack Obama is in New Hampshire, a political battleground, to begin a year-end push to extend payroll tax cuts.
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Obama, in Europe, signs Patriot Act extension (AP)
AP – Minutes before a midnight deadline, President Barack Obama signed into law a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.
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Obama signs 4-year Patriot Act extension in France (AP)
AP – Congress on Thursday passed a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists. Votes taken in rapid succession in the Senate and House came after lawmakers rejected attempts to temper the law enforcement powers to ensure that individual liberties are not abused.
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Obama signs Patriot Act extension with autopen (AP)
AP – Congress on Thursday passed a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists. Votes taken in rapid succession in the Senate and House came after lawmakers rejected attempts to temper the law enforcement powers to ensure that individual liberties are not abused.
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